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Overview
Budgets and Markets highlights the decisions involved in budgeting and marketing European films. It looks at the origin, development, production, distribution, finanancing and profit of thirteen films, including such critical and popular successes as Tacones Lejanos (High Heels) by Pedro Almodovar and Peter's Friends by Kenneth Branagh. Detailed financial data is reinforced by interviews with the producers of each film. The core of the analysis is based on the question 'was this film made at the right price for the right market?'
Synopsis
Budgets and Markets highlights the decisions involved in budgeting and marketing European films. It looks at the origin, development, production, distribution, finanancing and profit of thirteen films, including such critical and popular successes as Tacones Lejanos (High Heels) by Pedro Almodovar and Peter's Friends by Kenneth Branagh. Detailed financial data is reinforced by interviews with the producers of each film. The core of the analysis is based on the question 'was this film made at the right price for the right market?'
Booknews
Looks at the development, production, distribution, financing, and revenues of 13 European films of the 1990s, highlighting decisions involved in budgeting and marketing. Section I overviews issues such as television, subsidies, and matching investment with revenues. Section II presents chapters on individual films offering detailed financial data, interviews with producers, excerpts from reviews, and commentary aimed at analyzing whether the film was made at the right price for the right market. For those in film and business. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.